Pyrotechnical device.



A. JEDEL.

PYROTECHNICAL DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 9. 1915.

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PYROTECHNICAL DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dcc.14,1915.

Application filed April 9, 1915. Serial No. 20,328.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, Anton J EDEL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of New Castle and State of Delaware, have invented new and useful 1mprovements in Pyrotechnical Devices, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to pyrotechnics, and has for an object to provide a pyrotechnical device of a simple construction, which can be cheaply manufactured and which can be safely and easily manipulated to produce sparkling pvrotechnical eifects of variegated colors and designs.

The invention contemplates, among other features, the provision of a simple pyrotechnical toy which is preferably adapted to be manually manipulated to produce pyrotechnical efiects in the nature of double pinwheels and the like.

The device further contemplates a toy which is in the nature of what is known in the pyrotechnical art as a sparkler and which. in this particular instance, is commercially known as an airio-wheel, in that it produces a pyrotechnical effect in which the sparkling devices will be in the nature of double pinwheels, and the sparkling effect can be either of a star shape or chrysanthemum emanation, or wherein the effect produced will simulate two fiery rotating bodies which can be relatively spaced as to the circles of light or pyrotechnics which are produced.

The invention still further embodies various improvements over patents granted to me May 26, 1908, No. 888810; No. 1067520, of July 15, 1913, and 1110205, of September 8, 1914.

In the further disclosure of the invention reference is to be had to the accompan ing drawings, constituting a part of this specification. in which similar characters of reference denote corresponding parts in all the views. and in which:

Figure 1 is a plan view of a wire of which the supporting device is formed; Fig. 2 is a similar view of the structure shown in Fig. 1, with portions thereof coated with the pyrotechnical substancesor elements; Fig. 3

is a. plan view of the pyrotechnical de ice as com leted: Fig. 1 is a plan view of a slightly modified form of supporting member and holder in their initial sta es; Fig. 5 is a view of the construction shown in Fig. 4, with the ends of the supporting member and an end of the holder covered with the pyro-- technical substance or element; Fig. 6 is a plan view of the completed form of the modlfied structure, parts of which are shown in Figs. a and 5; and Fig. 7 is a plan view of a slightly modified form of structure.

Referring to the views, and more particularly to Figs. 1 to 3, inclusive, I provide a single piece of wire 10 which is looped to form a parallel portion 11, with the body portion of the wire forming a supportingv 2 that the looped portion of the wire 10 is coated by one of the rotechnical substances-or elements and the portion 11 of the wire 10 is bent laterally of the supporting member 12 adiacent the inner end of one of the pyrotechnical elements upon said wire to form aholder or handle 14.

It will be understood that the wire 10 is of a readily yielding nature and can be easily bent and that after the wire has been formed as shown in Fig. 1 the ends are dipped to coat the ends of the bod of the wire and the end portion of the holder with the substances or elements forming the pyrotechnical part of the invention. the handle being formed by bending a part of the portion 11 laterally of said portion and the supporting member 12 so that when the handle 14 is subsequently held in the hand and rotation imparted to the entire article. the pyr technical, elements having been previously ignited, there will result a pinwheel efiect and which I preferably term an airio-wheel, the simulation bein that of an illumina ed and brilliantly burning inner circle and a similar larger outer circle, this being due to the rotation of the article about the handle 11 and which handle is offset from the center of the wire 10 so as to pro ide the desired leverage to permit of rapidly rotating the de ice.

In Figs. 4, 5 and 6 I disclose a slightly mod fied form of my invention and inwhi ch I disclose a supporting member 15 and a holder 16, each being formed of a single piece of wire. with the ends of the mem er 15 and an end of the member 16 coated by the pyrothechnical substances or elements 13 mentioned heretofore, a portion of the holder 16 being bent to form the handle or laterally extending part 17. Itwill be seen by referring to Figs. 3 and 6 that portion of the holder extends parallel to the supporting members Hand 15 in the preferred and modified forms, and it will be clearly understood that in the manufacture of the articles mentioned I may bend the wire forming the holder so as to have a portion extend laterallyas-shown in Figs. 3 and 6 or I may permit it to remain as shown in Figs. 2 and 5 of the preferred and modified forms, leaving it to the purchaser to bend theparts 11 and 16 which form the holders.

In Fig. 17.1 disclose a. modified form of the construction shown in Fig; 1 and in which instance, instead of bending the holder indicated by the numeral 18, I bend c the supporting member 19 with respect to the holder so that whereas in the constructions shown in Figs. 3 and 6 the'handle or holding portion is bentand the supporting member remains straight, in the construction shown in Fig.7 the handle or holding portion remains" straight and the support- .ing member is" bent'to have a laterally extending part, the holder in the last mentioned instance lyingthroughout in axial ali'nement with one of' therpyrothechnical elements indicated bythe numeral 13, whereasinfthe construction shown in Figs. 3 and tithe-supporting members lie in axial alinement with both pyrotechnical elements. Therefore, in the constructions shown in Figs. 3 and 6, when the pyrotechnical elements are ignited and the entire article subjected to rotation, there will appear two illuminated circles of light, whereas in the construction shown in Fig. 7 there will merelv appear-one circle of light and a center of'blazing fire.

I preferably use a composition for the pv'rote'chnical' elements which may consist of steel and aluminum filings and starch,

.with a dye or coloring'matter' when the latter is desired, and it'w'ill be' understood that the various forms of wire constructions shown in the views are dipped into the pyrotechnical compound or substance so as to coat ends of the wire constructions and in each instance it will be seen that there is provided a supportingmember and a holder. Now referring to, Figs. 4, 5 and 6 it will be seen that one ofthe pyrotechnical elements, namely, theone shown at the left in Figs. 5 and 6, forms the binder or connecting means between the two pieces of wirey forming' the supporting member 15 and holder'16 so that this"pyrotechnical element' is not only" used'asa means of illuminating but primarily, and in the manufacmedium for-thetwo'piec'es of wire forming the art-icle.- So also 'in Figs: 1, -2 and 3 it will benoticed that although the holder 14; is an integral part of the supporting member 12, its portion 11 being formed by looping'the wire, 10, the pvrotechnical element shown at the left in Figs. 2 and 3 also in this instance forms a binder to prevent undue separation of portions of the supporting member with respect to the holder and maintains a portion of the holder in parallel relation to the supporting member, and it will be clearly seen that in all the views there are" portions of the holder in parallel relation to portions or. the entireties of the supporting members.

It will be noted that .in all of the forms described and set forth herein there must be arotation of the stem or holder with respect to the hand grasping the holder in order to obtain the desired result and impart to the article a rotary movement, this being done by impart-ing a whirling or turning movement to the hand. The holder must therefore be rotated with respect to the hand in order to produce the rotation of the pyrotechnical members to efiect the desired result.

Although I am aware that various forms of pyrotechnical devices other than those which I have patented, as stated heretofore, have been used. and which produce circular or pin-wheel effects, I aim to provide a device which can be cheaply manufactured in that the parts forming the devices are of wire which canbe readily bent into the desired shape. Further, that the devices described are of such simple construction that they can be easily operated and. as mentioned heretofore, in the sale of the articles upon the market, the holder can be formed to extend laterally with respect to the supporting member when the devices are mounted or in order to permitof packing a large number of the devices in a box, the holder can be permitted to remain in its initial state as shown in Figs. 2 and Sand be subsequently bent by the persons purchasing the article.

Attention is particularly called to the slight space between the supporting'memberiand holder at the point of formation of the lateral part of the holder or at the point where the.supporting member extends laterally to the holder, and it will be clearly seen that byhaving the holder spaced with respect to the supporting member there is less liability of the holder becoming heated due to conduction of heat along the wire when the pyrotechnical elements have been ignited and the article is in use, and that if the holder were wrapped around or indirect contact with the supporting member at the'point'of formation of'the holder, the tendency of the conduction of heat to the holder would be so great as to make it almost impossible for the operator I to grasp the holder by the hand after the pyrotechnical elements have been ignited and are burning toward the center of the supporting member.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. A pyrotechnical device comprising a supporting member, a holder and a pyrotechnical element forming a binder for portions of said supporting member and holder.

2. A pyrotechnical device comprising a supporting member, a holder disposed at an angle to said supporting member, and a pyrotechnical element forming a binder for said supporting member and holder.

3. A pyrotechnical device comprising a supporting member, a holder, and a pyrotechnical element encircling portions of said supporting member and holder.

4. A pyrotechnical device comprising a supporting member, a holder and a pyrotechnical element encircling portions of said supporting member and holder and forming a binder therefor.

5. A pyrotechnical device comprising a supporting member, a holder and a pyrotechnical element binding adjacently disposed portions of said supporting member and holder.

6. A pvroteclinical toy comprising a supporting member, a holder, and a pyrotechnical element encircling adjacent ends of said supporting member and holder.

7. A pyrotechnical device comprising a supporting member and a holder, said supporting member and holder having parallel portions, and a pyrotechnical element connecting said portions.

8. As a new article of manufacture, a pyroteclinical device comprising a wire having coated and uncoated portions, and a handle bound by the coating to the coated portion of the wire and having a portion extending parallel to and in spaced relation to the uncoated portion of said wire.

9. As a new article of manufacture, a pyrotechnical device comprising a wire having coated and uncoated portions, and an integral handle bound by the coating to the coated portions of the wire and having a portion extending parallel to and in spaced relation to the uncoated portion of said wire.

10. As a new article of manufacture, a pyrotechnical device comprising a wire having coated and uncoated portions, and a handle having a portion bound by the coating to the coated portion of the wire and extending parallel to and in spaced relation to the uncoated portion of said wire and a portion extending laterally to the uncoated portion of said wire.

11. A pyrotechnical device comprising a wire having coated and uncoated portions, and a handle comprising a grip portion and a connecting portion, the latter being bound by the coating to the coated portion of the Wire, said connecting portion being in part free from connection with and disposed parallel with and in spaced relation to the uncoated portion of the wire.

12. A pyrotechnical device comprising a wire having coated and uncoated portions, and a handle integral with said wire, said handle comprising a grip portion and a connecting portion uniting said grip portion to the wire. said connecting portion extending parallel with and in spaced relation to the uncoated portion of said wire.

13. A pyrotechnical device comprising a wire having coated and uncoated portions, and a handle comprising a grip portion and a connecting portion, the latter being bound by the coating to the coated portion of the wire.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

AARON J EDEL.

lVitnesses:

J. G. KENNEDY, C. B. WILKES.

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